When

May 18, 2013
12:00 am - 5:00 pm

Where

Calit2 Auditorium, UC Irvine
Directions: http://www.calit2.uci.edu/contact-calit2/drivingdirections.aspx?cguid=F327ED17-536A-40EC-B617-5172CF6E20B0

Schedule

8:00am – check-in
8:30 –8:45am: Welcome and Introduction (Fan-Gang Zeng CHR director; Linda Smith Providence CEO)

Morning session (Moderator: Katy Sullivan AuD, Director of Audiology of Providence)

8:45-9:30am Virginia Richards PhD (UCI): Informational masking
9:30-10:15am Ramesh Srinivasan PhD  (UCI): Cocktail party in human brain
10:15-10:35 Coffee break and poster viewing
10:35-11:20am Raju Metherate PhD (UCI): Better Hearing through Neuromodulation
11:20-12:05pm Sridhar Kalluri PhD (Starkey): cognitive function and hearing aids
12:05-1:30pm Lunch and poster viewing:

Afternoon session (Moderator: Ginger Stickney PhD, Director of Cochlear Implants at UCI)

1:30-2:15pm Sarah Rotschafer PhD (UCI): Auditory processing in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome
2:15-3:00pm John Niparko MD (USC):  Language development in hearing impaired
3:00-3:20pm Coffee break and poster viewing
3:20-4:05pm Samira Anderson AuD, PhD (U of Maryland): Neural mechanisms of hearing loss and training and their clinical implications
4:05-4:50pm Harry Levitt PhD ( Advanced Hearing Concepts): Computer-Based Auditory Training Systems: Past, Present and Future
5:00-6:00pm Reception